After the gold medal, he made a bombshell remark, and then started again. "The national team system needs to be changed, so far we have fought to make this sound.""
Aug 06, 2024
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Ahn Se-young defeated China's He Bing Zhao (9th in the world) 2-0 in the women's singles final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Port Drachapel Stadium in Paris, France on the 5th (Korea time). Ahn Se-young, who was eliminated from the quarterfinals as the youngest badminton player at the last Tokyo Games, won her first Olympic medal and gold medal with the victory. It was the first Olympic women's singles gold medal in 28 years since Su Soo-hyun, who won the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games. From the World Championship to the Asian Games, North Korea's Ahn Se-young has solidified his position as a ' Empress' with this Olympic gold medal.
Korea's badminton finished the tournament with one gold and one silver medal. From the 2012 London Games to the 2021 Tokyo Games, South Korea's badminton team aimed for the best record ever at the event, with a record of only three consecutive Olympics. He challenged for three gold medals at maximum. Unfortunately, however, he only harvested one silver medal in the mixed doubles. Unfortunately, the men's doubles remained in fourth place, and the women's doubles all stopped their journey in the quarterfinals. He could have finished the tournament without a gold medal. Ahn Se-young did it for me. Korea's badminton won its first Olympic gold medal in 16 years after Lee Yong-dae and Kim Hyo-jung won mixed doubles gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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Ahn Se-young continued her outspoken remarks at the following official press conference. "I was so disappointed with the national team when I was injured. I can't forget that moment"I've been holding it in since the first time I was misdiagnosed, but when I checked again at the end of last year, it was very bad. I was able to come this far because the trainer helped me."
"I want to continue for the development of badminton and my record, but I don't know what the (Korea Badminton) Association will do. "I think I can stand any situation if I can only play badminton..." he declined to give an immediate answer.Ahn said, `I think it's cruel for athletes to not be able to participate in the Olympics just because they leave the national team. Badminton has different doubles and I don't think players should be disqualified. I think the association is blocking everything. I feel like I'm neglecting under the name of freedom, and I think badminton can make a lot of progress, but I think it's time to look back on the fact that there is only one gold medal" he said.
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The association was equally embarrassing. An association official said "It is difficult to say officially at the association level. First of all, I reported it to the chairman and posted it. " He then said that the association worked hard in its own way. For the first time, an additional oriental doctor was dispatched. Of course, it was the association's own expense. However, Ahn Se-young seems to think that it was not enough. From the perspective of the association, it should cover the whole, and I think I had high expectations as much as I was a top player.
There was a lot of speculation about the background of the bombshell declaration, which came right after the gold medal's heated cheers, and in this atmosphere, Ahn Se-young came forward herself. "I hope badminton, like archery, can win a medal no matter which athlete goes to the Olympics," he said. Ahn Se-young, who has been preparing for her decision-making remarks since 2018 when she won the Taegeuk mark, said, `The driving force behind my goal and achieving my dream was my anger. I wanted to raise my voice. In a way, my dream was 'voice'.
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He was also dissatisfied with his doubles-oriented management. Ahn said "Double players were the priority in treatment and training because the performance was always paid by doubles." It is known that Ahn Se-young has consistently expressed her desire to use a personal trainer. "Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan) carries two trainers and a coach, and Chen Yufei (China) also brings two trainers this time," he said.
He also raised his voice on how to train for the national team. Ahn said, `The strength training program is the same for 365 days a year, and the badminton training method is the same as it was a few years ago``.
He also criticized the association's unilateral decision-making. Ahn Se-young once said, "I didn't go to the French Open and Danish Open, and it had nothing to do with my will and there was no explanation"The association excludes (from the list) without sufficient explanation and communication." Then "It's a system and atmosphere that you can't even ask. After the competition, I don't have a chance to ask. There's not even a meeting."
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Ahn will not attend the official press conference for the Korean national team medalists scheduled for the 6th and will board a flight to Korea. It is expected that the clues to solving the situation will be solved only when Ahn Se-young returns home. When the national team returns from Paris on the 7th, the association will summarize and announce its position after a meeting with Ahn Se-young.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
